Toolkit
SC920 - Executive and Senior Professional Pay and Performance System
Performance Management Timeline: Reference Card
Executive Pay Pool Management - An overview of the pay pool process within the performance management system. The briefing includes an exercise that participants may use to facilitate a shared understanding of performance and reconcile ratings.
Organizational Assessment and Performance Management Training - The briefing provides an overview of the Department's Organizational Assessment and its role in Executive and Senior Professional Performance Management
Writing Effective Performance Plans
	DD2899 - SES Appraisal Form (PDF)
	DD2898 - Senior Professional Appraisal Form (PDF)
	Quick Guide to Writing Performance Standards (PDF)
	Examples of Performance Standards with Measurable Results (PDF)
	Tips for Improving Performance Appraisals (PDF)
	2009 Performance Management Workshop (PDF)
	2009 Performance Management Workshop Handbook (PDF)
NEW and IMPROVED: Senior Executive Service and Senior Professional Performance Management training
The updated training provides a greater emphasis on the process of writing performance plans that reflect the Department's performance-based environment. The interactive web-based training consists of a series of six modules that provide an overview of the system and cover topics from planning to rewarding performance. You are encouraged to review the modules prior to rating performance for this cycle and planning for the next.
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2006 Workshop (PPT and PDF) - A primer on writing SMART-Q Performance Requirements
	Aug 31, 2005 2005 Cross Service IPT on Mission Objectives (PDF)
	Draft Guidance from OPM on Writing Credible Performance Standards (PDF)
2008 Toolkit Archives
Executive Performance & Appraisal Tool (EPAT)
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	EPAT Overview - A high-level presentation summarizing the main functionality of the Executive Performance & Appraisal Tool
EPAT Quick Guides for Members
	EPAT Performance Plan Creation Stage - Member
	EPAT Mid-Year Progress Review Stage - Member
	EPAT Appraisal Stage - Member
EPAT Quick Guides for Raters
	EPAT Performance Plan Creation Stage - Rater
	EPAT Mid-Year Progress Review Stage - Rater
	EPAT Appraisal Stage - Rater